If ever anything needed a bit of constructive criticism, and this is it!

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Washington Post, Aug 14 2015
A new study suggests that joining a religious group could do more for someone’s “sustained happiness” than other forms...

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(Has anyone here read the Emperor or All Maladies: a Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee?...

……and our legacy:

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……'They Came from Outer Space…

Just catching up on all the news that's fit to print…
There is so much that has transpired in human history that we...

From today's New York Times: Interesting article….. and a reminder that science isn't a popular sport, or fashion:

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.. and there was a grand celebration at the Blues Heaven, of her short (44 years) but intense life, … … wonderful musicians, young and very old.

So...

… another fascinating article on intra-and inter-species communication from among the man that have recently appeared:

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When I saw on the national news the other night, that 19 other states have RFRA laws, I was confused about why Indiana is getting so much attention....

In the US currently, there is a lot of screaming and shouting by the christian right about the definition of marriage. This is in response to a...

Part 1:

Since there are so many questions raised and issues discussed concerning people’s basic assumptions about life, about their philosophy,...

Just saw this on Facebook;
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The irony is that it was posted by the most woo-loving facebook friend I have. She...

HUBBLE is 25 years old!!
Greatest photos and interesting, lively text reflecting the pure pleasures of science..

Enjoy.

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P.S. And note: at...

And lived through two of their en masse appearances in Maryland, where their remarkable edging out of the earth took place, casting off their skins...

Oy!!

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I had an interesting conversation--along with an interesting challenge--from a religious friend of mine.

I have always been mostly agnostic...

I have been wondering lately if it is ethical to ask creationists the question of How God did it in 6 days ? . I could ask my own relatives but that...

… or, Can the Work of Science Really be Kept Secret, Anyway?
One of the world's truly interesting, lively, outspoken Scientists, but above all,a...

.. of American hopes, dreams, misconceptions about ourselves…. and an interesting article, too about our irreversible, now tragic, history in the...

…… aren't actually that different from the politics of any other humanly created faith-based impositions.

Interesting, I think:

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…. for a theory so beautiful:

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Further to discussions in another thread ...

A fairly specific definition of a creed is 'a formal statement of Christian beliefs, especially the...

Does God follow his WORD? Or is it --- do as I say and not as I do?

Romans 12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Job 2;3 And...

If you know me, you know I was once looking for a modern church. I accepted the label atheist when I couldn't find one, but never really gave up. I...

.. tonight, on HBO.

Those interested (as who here should not be?) check your local viewing schedules.
Whether you agree that Edward Snowdon is an...

… following the indictments and the trial of Lt. Lorance for his act of ordering his platoon to fire on unarmed civilians that he claimed were a...

Anybody else catch this recent post by Sam? It's the best 25 minutes from an atheist I've heard in a long time. By being in the middle of the current...

Has anyone ever heard of a church that lists all the things they DON'T believe. My experience has been that you have to bring the evil bible verses...

… and that the chances of any interest in the subject is between nil and WTF, but I am currently immersed in the study of beekeeping, and its...

I've been arguing with my Baptist cousin about how it should be okay for a kid to say God Bless America at the end of the school announcements. He...

How could I have been so distracted by phantasmic posters, petty animosities and preposterous subject matter!!???
Never mind… it IS Love Day.
And I...

I’ve been listening to a podcast called “Hard core history” and just learned of one of the earliest versions of a religious discussion forum. It was...

….. and IT is gorgeous :

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Ironic…
Funny…
Sad…..

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…. and our ambition to control, is that most disconcerting phenomenon: the random.

Interesting , and I think, important to the understanding of...

The worlds' most famous fugitive from his own government:
Citizenfour, the Laura Poitras documentary on the life and times of Edward Snowden.
and...

And science is labor.

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….has so successfully expanded during the last three decades?
And all over the world… including the United States and Canada?
(The U.S. for example...

…. sane people, too:

This extraordinary, original, crushing, vital post-Holocaust film, that has much to say about many other related aberrations of...

Two hours long, but it's a clue: the end and the beginning, wrapped in each other's arms…

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Michel Houellebecq has made the news again with his new book “Submission”.

Here is one of his more interesting comments from a BBC article:

The...

…socio-cultural Anthropologist, have any information about the HAKA , the Maori tribal dance that is characterized intense foot stamping, accompanied...

… the smart and sassy Major Malfunction?

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I understand this may be a Level 3 Forum Rule violation, but I can't seem to swear properly without reference to a god, and realized that modern,...

Inquiry being the operative word.

Including this:

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Richard Carrier provided me with a good analogy in his online class last night. The Bible is like a computer that needs to have its software...